Well I just turned
18 and the question that I’ve been asking is: Am i going to register to vote? I'm not really big on voting it doesn’t
quite give me a reason to go out and fight or chant on something or things that interest me.
I mean yes I believe in standing up for what you want and all but voting isn’t really a "you get what you want"
kind of thing. To me it’s more of a majority rule. Which is fine but there are some people who aren’t in that
majority and when it gets ruled over those people become angry and it turns into fairness and other stuff I don’t pay
attention to.
In my senior
year of high school i took government, and I remember my teacher asking how many of us were eligible to vote, and if we knew
how the system worked. Of course we didn’t know too much but he explained it. I remember him explaining that you have
to be registered of course; you go in place your ballot end of story. Nothing confusing or worth an argument… Yet! Then
he tells us that when all the ballots are counted for and the voting is done there is something we and Electoral College.
What is it you might ask? It’s basically a bunch of elector people who are supposed to elect a candidate for office.
These people are usually smarter at deciding who should be president so there vote obviously over powers our vote. Well when
my teacher explained that to me I figured why I should vote. To me it seemed as if i did vote it wouldn’t make a difference
because someone of higher political power was just going to decide for me and that didn’t make sense so I just didn’t
bother with that fact.
So my question
is why do they as the government allows us to vote but not really count our vote. If majority rules why is it that a group
of more knowledgeable political people decide for us.
February 26,
2008
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I recently attented
the Obama rally last friday and it was making me think about how big and important voting can be. Of course i've never really
payed attention to that kind of stuff, but on friday i was really amazed on how people reactions were. I'm mean they were
cheering and yelling stuff from across the arena it was really cool how people got into the spirit and the fact that voting
for our next president is this year.
While i was hearing
Obama speak about all the wonderful things he wants to bring to us i started thinkin about what it is he's bringin to the
table. Obama wants to give college students a refund of like 4,000 dollars with the exception of a 3.5 gpa. He also wants
teachers to get payed more. Another good thing he is willing to do is talk to Mexico he is willing to compromise. And while
he was mentioning these things it drew in my attention. My view towards voting changed completley. I felt that he could
be a good candidate. Not only was he a good speaker and a good people person he knew what the people wanted and
he felt that he can make it happen.
I liked what Obama
had in mind for America he wants to pick up the pieces and make things better. Obama believes in change and maybe thats what
the America needs. Well by the end of the rally i decided that i did want to vote. I see it as if you complain you might
as well vote. I'll probably be the one complaining so thats how i decided that i wanted to vote. plus i figured
they can use an extra vote.
